Title: Integrated agile methodology practice in software development process - an empirical study

Authors: Andrew Jeyathilagar; M. Ramakrishnan; Pal Pandi Ammavasai

Addresses: Department of Computer Applications, School of Information Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Computer Applications, School of Information Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bharath Niketan Engineering College, Aundipatty, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: This study aimed at to evaluate the emboldened agility value among critical success factors (CSFs) of integrated agile methodology (IAM) and its supportiveness during the agile software development (ASD) process. In this venture, a questionnaire was constructed incorporating ten selected CSFs. Number of variables were also incorporated under each CSF in order to measure the importance and contribution of agility and its value during ASD process. This study being an empirical one, responses were collected in five-point Likert scale and converted to data in order to employ various statistical tools. The results of various statistical tests claimed the importance of CSFs in agile software development process (ASDP) and it releases agility to enhance the process performance as enshrined in the agile manifesto. Finally, the authors conclude that practices of ten critical success factors are more essential for the integrated agile software development (IASD) process.

Keywords: agile methodology; integration; management standard systems; MSS; software development process.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2025.151295

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, 2025 Vol.16 No.4, pp.406 - 421

Accepted: 29 Aug 2025
Published online: 22 Jan 2026 *

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